{"id":31803,"date":"2025-08-12T09:13:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-12-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T09:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:13:43","slug":"news-roundup-for-august-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-12-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for August 12, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Non-profit, co-op builders call for dramatic increase in funding to curb Ontario housing crisis; Ontario records low housing starts, even with new ways of counting them; community groups rally against condo development proposed for edge of east Toronto ravine; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/we-need-to-go-big-non-profit-co-op-builders-call-for-dramatic-increase-in\/article_79c70ac5-ecf0-46c5-b36e-4c588801b621.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018We need to go big.\u2019 Non-profit, co-op builders call for dramatic increase in funding to curb Ontario housing crisis<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-housing-starts-ford-goal-1.7605677\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario records low housing starts, even with new ways of counting them<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2025\/08\/12\/community-groups-rally-against-condo-development-proposed-for-edge-of-east-toronto-ravine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community groups rally against condo development proposed for edge of east Toronto ravine<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11330234\/doug-ford-highway-413-developer-proposed-route\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford government considered \u2018developer-proposed\u2019 Hwy. 413 route alteration<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/city-hall\/people-miss-it-heres-why-the-taste-of-the-danforth-festival-keeps-getting-cancelled\/article_3a68c1a0-4971-48bd-8def-0a836af57660.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018People miss it\u2019: Here\u2019s why the Taste of the Danforth festival keeps getting cancelled<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2025\/08\/news-roundup-august-12-2025.59176\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Non-profit, co-op builders call for dramatic increase in funding to curb Ontario housing crisis; 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